Companies

How M&A in 2023 started in the year's first week

Two of the publicly traded contractors in our coverage universe were not the only ones to announce acquisitions in the first week of this new year.

Companies

Tetra Tech acquires application, cyber services outfit

This is the buyer's latest move to further build out its federal technology practice.

Companies

L3Harris lines up buyer for commercial geospatial software business

The selling party is about to close one almost $2 billion acquisition and start working to complete a second, much larger buy.

Companies

Pearson renews US federal push through acquisition

The company being purchased is the provider of USA Hire, the system used to evaluate candidates for federal government jobs.

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Why L3Harris' CEO expects approval for proposed $4.7B Aerojet buy

L3Harris Technologies is poised to present a different position for why it should be allowed to buy Aerojet Rocketdyne.

Companies

Maxar adds a $4B takeover to an already busy 2023

The space company's 2023 agenda includes launching its new Earth imagery constellation, being acquired by a private equity firm and tapping into the new owner's resources.

Opinion

Shield AI joins a small club with its latest funding round

Venture capital and other investors want to find the next startup company, or companies, with the potential to join what we call a "Group of Four."

Companies

Booz Allen divests part of its commercial cyber business

The government technology services company will maintain a business relationship with that team.

Companies

DLH acquires IT modernization company for $178M

The buyer wants to take on more of the larger IT and engineering jobs at federal agencies.

Companies

Raytheon's venture arm backs autonomy startup

Autonomy and artificial intelligence technology is one of four broad priority areas for RTX Ventures.

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IBM to acquire Octo

IBM's purchase of this midsized government technology company takes place amid a myriad of happenings within Big Blue itself and across the market.

Companies

Veteran-owned company makes push for readiness growth

Cydecor is looking to become a more formidable competitor in database and business intelligence services.

Podcasts

PROJECT 38: How Razor's Edge Ventures scouts for tech and companies

The U.S. national defense strategy is a guide for how Razor's Edge Ventures decides where to make its investments, as two of their leaders explain in this episode.

Companies

Anduril fetches $1.48B in latest funding round

The defense software maker only opened for business five years ago but has made serious headway and grown to a multi-billion dollar valuation.

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LMI forms space business through acquisition

The six-decade-old consulting company is buying a developer of software to help manage and analyze space architectures.

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Enlightenment backs intelligence community software outfit

The government market investment firm wants to help build a more formidable middle-tier player.

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Drone software maker inks divestiture agreement

Red Cat Holdings will focus its time and money on defense and other government customers.

Companies

QinetiQ closes $590M Avantus deal, expands U.S. presence

The British defense technology company has big ambitions for growth and success in the U.S.

Companies

Digital transformation trends drive this pair of acquisitions

Agile Defense has a new owner and VTG is using its private equity backer's support to make another purchase.

Companies

Where the new 'V2X' is looking to cast its wider net

Vectrus and Vertex both brought revenue visibility to the combined company, which is now touting room to focus on new business pursuits.